Upon which day did you decide
To take your life, to run and hide?
Away from me,
In that secret place I cannot see?
I looked for you under the stair
In the garden,on your chair
Next to my bed...
Into which your soft, white fur
Threads.
I called for you, you never came
But in honesty, that is the same...
Dependent on your mood,
Obedience comes well below food,
And as such it's true to say
Unless you deign…
Princess Sadie stays away!
I remember summer days along rocky beach
You’d bathe and swim, just out of reach,
Until exhausted, Bleeding…
Sore,
I would call, just one time more
And finally from hold of wave
You’d condescend
To let me save
You…
From your obsession.
I wait for you
Once more to share my bed.
To nestle in and rest your head
Uncomfortably, upon my arm;
I thought perhaps by staying still
Or through the force of…
My sheer will
I could keep you from this harm.
But no,
The die is cast, and soon
You will be gone...
And I, without you,
Will soldier on.
I fear the days ‘tween now and then.
I wish I could with stroke of pen
Erase them all,
And let you slide
With a blink,
Into eternity...
To keep watch at God's side.
And one last thing…
Before I let you go
Since your likes and foibles are things I know;
When you alight on distant shore,
In fit of pique do not, I implore
Attempt to bite the hand,
(Absent protection from my silver band!)
That feeds you.
Because my sweet girl…
I want them to love you too.

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